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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07191994 - 1.47 TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Contra FROM: Arthur C. Miner, Executive Director Y- j •,j Costa Contra Costa County Private Industry Council � = County DATE: July 7, 1994 SUBJECT: Authorizing Execution of Local Field Operations Plan with State of California Employment Development Department #19-8227-0 SPECIFIC REOUEST(S)OR RECOMMENDATION(S)&BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION I. RECOMMENDED ACTION: Authorize the Chair, Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors to execute a Local Field Operations Plan,(Non-Financial Cooperative Agreement #19-8227-0) with State of California Employment Development Departments (EDD),three Contra Costa field offices, for the term beginning July 1, 1994 and ending June 30, 1996, to coordinate certain employment and training activities in Contra Costa County under the Job Training Partnership Act (DTPA) . II. FINANCIAL IMPACT: None. III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATION/BACKGROUND: This agreement is necessary for the requirements of the County's 1994- 1996 Job Training Plan wherein the County, as Service Delivery Area (SDA), must provide reciprocal services, coordinate joint planning activities and exchange referrals and information with local EDD offices. This agreement was negotiated by PIC staff and the three local EDD office managers. It has been reviewed and approved as to form by the County Council. CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATURES: ACTION OF BOARD ON - APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER VOTE OF SUPERVISORS / 1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE UNANIMOUS(ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ASSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN. contact: Bob Whatford 646-5373 cc: Private Industry Council ATTESTED County Administrator PHIL 8 CHEL R.CLERK OF THE BOARO OF State EDD (c/o Private Industry Council) SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR #11:board/locfiop ,Q n BY ��id.. g X DEPUTY M382 (10/88) 19 " 8227 0 LOCAL FIELD OPERATIONS PLAN IV. EDD/SDA Coordinated Services Strategy July 1, 1994 -June 30, 1996 for Antioch 036, Pleasant 11111096 and Richmond 035 and the Contra Costa County SDA. A. The EDD offices in Contra Costa County and the SDA are fortunate to have had a cooperative relationship for many years to build upon. We have long been in agreement on community needs and areas of collaboration. Representatives from the SDA and EDD offices have met on various issues throughout the year, and met in April to address the coming year's coordinated services strategy. B. Areas of collaboration are: 1. Sharing and referring mutual clients 2. Sharing job information and premises resources. 3. Unsubsidized Summer Youth Program 4. Co-location of EDD staff with the Title III contractor. 5. Sharing job information and premises resources for the PIC/SDA GAIN job development project. 6. Share resources and clients between the PIC's Small Business Resource center and the entrepreneurial workshop of Pleasant Hill's E.U. program. C. Projects to be developed and implemented: 1. Sharing Mutual Clients: Local EDD offices and PIC Regional Offices will refer appropriate clients to make use of each other's services by referral cards or other mutually agreed upon means. Staff from EDD and Regional offices may attend each other's staff meetings for the purpose of information exchange. 2. Sharing Resources/Services: a) EDD and PIC Regional staff will share job information on job openings and employee recruitment with the agreement of the employer. The job holding organization has functional supervision. EDD will provide access to the automated job Match System. PIC staff may learn the Job Match system procedures or work through an EDD staff member to effect client registration, referral and verification. PIC Regional staff will share unfilled job orders they obtain. EDD and PIC Regional office staff and the SDA Administrative office may share premises resources such as desk space and conference rooms. Where possible, EDD and PIC staff will plan and implement joint marketing of programs, such as with the Summer Youth Program. b) The Contra Costa County EDD Field Offices plan to collaborate with the.Richmond and Contra Costa County Private Industry Councils to establish a cooperative resource Information system. EDD will meet with the PIC staff to share various Informational resource material, i.e., employer guides, wage information, dislocated worker publications, other agency handouts, etc. The information gathered will be mutually evaluated for it's usefulness to respective agencies in assisting Internal and external customers. After agreeing upon resource information that can be used, a structured plan for disseminating the materials will be arranged. C) EDD Job Service accepts and works with JTPA clients who are referred to our Jumpstart Resume Workshops. d) EDD staff will represent CTB/ETP/JTPA and GAIN in local ROP Orientations presentations. e) EDD is coordinating with Worldwide Educational services (in the role of.a PIC contractor) for them to provide testing and certification of our mutual JTPA clients, to include typing speed, ten key,Dictaphone and transcribing skill certifications for potential employers. 3. Unsubsidized Summer Youth Program Services. The,PIC and EDD will provide a county-wide unsubsidized summer youth jobs program. The program will be open to all county youths and is intended to create full- time, part-time, and or temporary summer vacation jobs/positions. a. In providing Unsubsidized Summer Youth Program Services,EDD District Offices will: 1. Operate job centers located throughout the county to receive job orders and register, refer and place youths; 2. Staff each job center with at least one (1)EDD job service staff person; and 3. Maintain records and reports as appropriate. b. In providing Unsubsidized Summer Youth Program Services, PIC will: 1. Develop and implement a summer jobs advertising campaign designed to market EDD and the PIC to local employers; 2 2. Coordinate the activities of participating county, city and civic organizations in outreaching to the business ,community, promoting the program and soliciting job opportunities; and 3. If program is operative, promote the Targeted Tax Credit Program to enhance summer youth employment. 4. Workers Assistance Center: Contingent upon continued State funding, EDD will outstation at least one staff number at the PIC Workers Assistance Center, 2425 Bisso Lane, Suite 260, Concord, CA. This staff member will assist in rapid response activities for the Contra Costa substate area, will provide or assist in the JTPA eligibility determination of Title III participants, and in the assessment, counseling, training referral, provision of job search training,.job development and placement of JTPA participants. The PIC will provide EDD outstationed staff with space, clerical support, telephone access and program direction from the Workers Assistance Center's Manager. EDD anticipates increased EDWAA funding for 1994-95 and will accordingly increase staffing to include some'portion of staff from each of the three EDD offices to coordinate provision of services to the East, West and Central parts of the County. 5. PIC/GAIN Job Development Project: PIC/SDA staff have been assigned to a job development project in the Central,East, and West portions of the County. EDD will provide access to the automated Job Match system and appropriate job openings. PIC staff may either learn the job Match system procedures or work through EDD staff to effect client registration, referral, and verification. PIC staff will share unfilled job orders they obtain, with the concurrence of the employer. Each agency retains functional supervision over job listings they obtain. 6. Entrepreneurship: Eligible clients interested in entrepreneurship will have access to EDD's EU resources and the SDA's Small Business Resource Center resources. D Quarterly Meetings PIC staff and EDD representatives will meet quarterly to discuss operational issues arising from this agreement, to explore the possibility of CO-location of services and to explore other coordinative efforts. 3 ♦ . t 1 . • r t E. General Conditions 1. Indemnification. Pursuant to Section 895.4 of the California Government Code, each party hereto agrees to indemnify and hold the other party harmless from all liability for damage to persons or property arising out of or resulting from the acts or omissions of the indemnifying party. 2. Amendments. This Agreement may be modified or amended by a written document executed by the Agency and the Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors, or, after Board approval, by its designee, subject to any required State or Federal approval. 3. Changes to Procedures. Changes to procedures which do not change this Agreement will be made only upon prior discussion and approval between PIC staff and EDD Field Office Managers in meetings described in A.5. above. 4. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated by either party, at their sole discretion, upon thirty days' advance written notice prior to the date of termination. 4 f LOCAL FIELD OPERATIONS PLAN Employment Development Department and Service Delivery Area 0 Coordinated Services Strategy Program Years 1994 - 1996 In.Partnership With Service Delivery Area(s) and EDD Field Office(s) Contra Costa County Antioch 036 Arthur Miner Wanda Viviano, Manager 2524 Bisso Lane 201 E. 18th Street Concord, CA 94520 Antioch, CA 94509 Boardiof Supervisors J Pleasant Hill 096 Tom Powers Al Brown, Manager 651 Pine St. 363 Civic Drive Martinez, CA 94553 Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 Richmond 035 Ben Takesh'ta, Manager 343 22nd Street P.O. Box 4042 Richmond, CA 94804 5